13 Years ....

[skernsk]

Today is my 13th wedding anniversary.  Wow, time flies.  I don't have a clue what I should be getting my wife this year.  Funds are kind of low because this year we had to reroof the house and last weekend I put up a fence.  Any ideas?

Rhena and I got together in grade 12 and have been together as a couple for 18 years now.  Sheesh that's almost half my life.... I am still waiting for her to wake up one day and realize what she's done 

[forHIM]

not a clue, but usually simple gifts / tokens from the heart are best. 

Congratulations on making 13. 

[daddog]

wtg buddy!

Hummm. I think forHIM nailed it. Take 10 minutes and write her a mushy note along with a very nice card you bought at Hallmark for $320. She will be happy. Then put a $20 gift certificate in it to her local favorite store. The mushy stuff in the card is what will do it for her. Oh ya, don't let her do any dishes today.

[LuckyI3]

wtg buddy!

Hummm. I think forHIM nailed it. Take 10 minutes and write her a mushy note along with a very nice card you bought at Hallmark for $320. She will be happy. Then put a $20 gift certificate in it to her local favorite store. The mushy stuff in the card is what will do it for her. Oh ya, don't let her do any dishes today.

Sorry but what hallmark you shop at for a $320 card 
And Congrazt on the 13

[ASAdog]

Congrats!

Wow, married thirteen years to the same woman - how'd you do it? I can't seem to get past eleven years of marriage - and I'm on # 3. 

Take 10 minutes and write her a mushy note along with a very nice card you bought at Hallmark for $320. She will be happy. Then put a $20 gift certificate in it to her local favorite store.

I don't know Dad, but I think she'd be happier with the note, a $3.00 card from Walmart, and a $337.00 gift certificate - but what do I know about women. 

Peace,

[Baumer]

Congratulations Skernsk! Time certainly fly's by with the right woman. Laura and I had our fourth anniversary while we were in DC last week. Can't believe it's been four all ready!

I'm not sure if anyone's interested, but I found the "official list".

11th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts: Steel
      Modern Gifts: Fashion Jewelry

12th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts: Silk or Linen
      Modern Gifts: Pearls

13th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts: Lace
      Modern Gifts: Textiles or Furs

14th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts: Ivory
      Modern Gifts: Gold Jewelry

15th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts: Crystal
      Modern Gifts: Watches

16th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts:
      Modern Gifts: Silver Holloware

17th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts:
      Modern Gifts: Furniture

18th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts:
      Modern Gifts: Porcelain

19th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts:
      Modern Gifts: Bronze

20th Wedding Anniversary

      Traditional Gifts: China
      Modern Gifts: Platinum
   

[Harppa]

How about flowers? Buy her 14 roses, 13 red ones and one white. The red ones are for 13  years passed, showing her your great love, and the 14th rose is bright white for the year just beginning for you and Her, like an empty page waiting for you and her to fill it up with love.

OK, I'm becoming sentimental here, but I've done this many times before. It is a success every time.

Cheers!
Harppa

[daddog]

LOL Nice list Baumer!
Harppa that is good advice.
Lucky I was only joking. Actually just sort of a complaint on my part on how incredulously expensive Hallmark cards are these days.

So next year I have to get my wife some furniture?    I think the dogs should come up with a new list.

[mrmidi]

LOL Nice list Baumer!
Harppa that is good advice.
Lucky I was only joking. Actually just sort of a complaint on my part on how incredulously expensive Hallmark cards are these days.

So next year I have to get my wife some furniture?    I think the dogs should come up with a new list.

incredulous


Main Entry:
    in·cred·u·lous Listen to the pronunciation of incredulous
Pronunciation:
    \(ˌ)in-ˈkre-jə-ləs, -dyə-ləs\
Function:
    adjective
Etymology:
    Latin incredulus, from in- + credulus credulous
Date:
    1579

1 : unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
2 : incredible 1
3 : expressing incredulity <an incredulous stare>

— in·cred·u·lous·ly adverb

usage Sense 2 was revived in the 20th century after a couple of centuries of disuse. Although it is a sense with good literary precedent—among others Shakespeare used it—many people think it is a result of confusion with incredible, which is still the usual word in this sense.

 

[Partagas]

Congratulations!! on your 13th !

I like Harppa's advice too.....women go for the mushy crap...err things

Mines loves spontaneous things...a couple times a year
I will find out she is off work for a long weekend ..3 days maybe.  I will secretly just book a night or 2 some where she has never been.
Bed&Breakfast or nice Beachfront hotel. When she gets home I tell here to pack we are going and keep here in suspense until we get there.
You talk about 1 happy girl, for weeks I get anything I want
not that I do it for that reason hehe